Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United States during 2025 is USD 160,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 2474 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 124,000 and USD 200,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
- Job title
- Data Scientist
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 2474
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Statistics. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Python | 3666 jobs Machine Learning | 3464 jobs Statistics | 2797 jobs Engineering | 2794 jobs SQL | 2689 jobs Computer Science | 1952 jobs ML models | 1839 jobs Mathematics | 1695 jobs Research | 1684 jobs R | 1642 jobs AWS | 1558 jobs Testing | 1455 jobs Deep Learning | 1361 jobs LLMs | 1208 jobs Pipelines | 1117 jobs GCP | 1112 jobs Data analysis | 1104 jobs Data visualization | 1082 jobs TensorFlow | 1001 jobs NLP | 961 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 3266 jobs Health care | 1554 jobs Startup environment | 1253 jobs Equity / stock options | 1206 jobs Competitive pay | 1176 jobs Insurance | 1161 jobs Flex hours | 1025 jobs Salary bonus | 954 jobs Parental leave | 731 jobs Flex vacation | 726 jobs Team events | 643 jobs Medical leave | 638 jobs 401(k) matching | 387 jobs Wellness | 367 jobs Conferences | 217 jobs Transparency | 155 jobs Home office stipend | 139 jobs Relocation support | 131 jobs Fitness / gym | 115 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 113 jobsRelated salaries
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